TEDxSalem

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through the looking glass

A photo retrospective on TEDxSalem IV: Revolutions

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As we embark on our new TEDx event, we invite you to look back on our pho­to ret­ro­spec­tive of the last great adven­ture we shared with Salem and beyond: “Rev­o­lu­tions.” It was an event mem­o­rable for, among oth­er things, the dri­ving snow­storm that greet­ed folks at the exits after­ward.


But while the weath­er out­side was fright­ful, the “inspire” was so delight­ful! From the ambi­tious and breath­tak­ing stage piece by Kathryn Cel­leri­ni Moore, to excit­ing and pas­sion­ate speak­ers like Kelsey Juliana, there was enough warmth and fel­low­ship to brave the cold. There was danc­ing; There was rock ’n’ roll; There was even yoga for all to begin the fes­tiv­i­ties.

Check out the sights of the day on Flickr.

And remem­ber, advance tick­ets for our upcom­ing event, “Through the Look­ing Glass,” go on sale Sept. 1!

Mind-altering reads from TEDxSalem

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Fol­low TEDxSalem down the rab­bit hole with one of these six mind-alter­ing books rec­om­mend­ed by our speak­ers, sto­ry­tellers and cura­tors.

We hope they get you excit­ed for TEDxSalem V “Through the Look­ing Glass.”

1. The Center Can­not Hold: My Jour­ney Through Mad­ness by Elyn R. Saks

Saks shares her jour­ney from a ‘nor­mal’ kid, to her diag­noses, to get­ting treat­ment, com­ing off med­ica­tion and relaps­ing and then becom­ing an esteemed pro­fes­sor, lawyer and psy­chi­a­trist.

“I read this book a few years ago, and it com­plete­ly blew me away. See­ing life through the eyes of some­one with schiz­o­phre­nia was intense, amaz­ing and heart­break­ing.”

Recommended by Bri­an Hart, TEDxSalem co-cura­tor and half of the dynam­ic duo that brought TEDx to Salem

 

2.Essentialism: The Dis­ci­plined Pur­suit of Less by Greg McK­e­own

“I’ve read the book Essen­tial­ism more times than any oth­er book on my shelf. When I find myself drown­ing in busy work and los­ing sight of my pri­or­i­ties, I dive into the book again to remind myself to focus on the work I was born to do.

It helps me decide what goes and what stays in my sched­ule, my busi­ness and my per­son­al life. (The audio­book is great, too!)”

Rec­om­mend­ed by Marie Greene, TEDxSalem speak­er, knitwear design­er, writer, knit­ting instruc­tor and inter­na­tion­al speak­er

 

3. “Dar­ing to Dri­ve: A Sau­di Woman’s Awak­en­ing” by Man­al Al-Sharif

“The secret police came for me at two in the morn­ing” Man­al Al-Sharif writes in her true account of liv­ing in Sau­di Ara­bia. Her crime? Dri­ving.

It’s easy to take cer­tain free­doms for grant­ed, but Al-Sharif trans­ports you to her world where women can­not even seek med­ical treat­ment with­out their male guardian, which in some cas­es proves fatal. Al-Sharif’s book is often a tough read but an impor­tant one.

Rec­om­mend­ed by Ste­fanie Knowl­ton, TEDxSalem sto­ry­teller, award-win­ning jour­nal­ist and bel­ly­dancer

 

4. What Should I Do With My Life?: The True Sto­ry of Peo­ple Who Answered the Ulti­mate Ques­tion by Po Bron­son

Po cap­tures the jour­neys of 56 indi­vid­u­als as they strug­gle to define their iden­ti­ty and val­ues to live inten­tion­al­ly.

“This pow­er­ful book helped me clar­i­fy my own val­ues and ques­tion my inter­ests, pas­sions and goals as I read through the inter­nal dia­logues of oth­ers. I encour­age col­lege-age read­ers, those inter­est­ed in refin­ing their path and seek­ers to read this love­ly col­lec­tion of short sto­ries.”

Rec­om­mend­ed by Rose Bark­er, a Cer­ti­fied Risk Man­age­ment Con­sul­tant and expert on iden­ti­ty theft

 

5. Get Momen­tum: How to start when you’re stuck by Jason W. Wom­ack & Jodi Wom­ack

 “I have found myself in a funk a few too many times… this book has helped me focus and make changes through tan­gi­ble advice and activ­i­ties to help rein­force new habits.”

Rec­om­mend­ed by Car­lee Wright, TEDxSalem co-cura­tor and half of the dynam­ic duo that brought TEDx to Salem

 

6. The Psy­che­del­ic Explor­er’s Guide: Safe, Ther­a­peu­tic, and Sacred Jour­neys by James Fadi­man

Fadi­man out­lines best prac­tices in psy­che­del­ic use for safe, sacred voy­ages learned through his more than 40 years of expe­ri­ence.

“This book changed my belief sys­tem and was one of the main cat­a­lysts for me to con­tin­ue my spir­i­tu­al jour­ney to find my true self. It chal­lenged many things I believed and has changed me for the bet­ter.”

Rec­om­mend­ed by Bri­an Hart, TEDxSalem co-cura­tor and half of the dynam­ic duo that brought TEDx to Salem

Save the Date: TEDxSalem V is an all-day event fea­tur­ing talks, per­for­mances, refresh­ments, lunch and a swag bag that takes place Sat­ur­day, Jan. 6, 2018, at the Salem Con­ven­tion Cen­ter. Ear­ly bird tick­ets go on sale Sept. 1. Fol­low us on Face­book for the most up-to-date news from our com­mu­ni­ty, and check our web­site reg­u­lar­ly for new infor­ma­tion. You can also reach us at info@tedxsalem.us.

What is TEDx

About TEDx, x = inde­pen­dent­ly orga­nized event

In the spir­it of ideas worth spread­ing, TEDx is a pro­gram of local, self-orga­nized events that bring peo­ple togeth­er to share a TED-like expe­ri­ence. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speak­ers com­bine to spark deep dis­cus­sion and con­nec­tion in a small group. These local, self-orga­nized events are brand­ed TEDx, where x = inde­pen­dent­ly orga­nized TED event. The TED Con­fer­ence pro­vides gen­er­al guid­ance for the TEDx pro­gram, but indi­vid­ual TEDx events are self-orga­nized. (Sub­ject to cer­tain rules and reg­u­la­tions.) 

TEDxSalem announces 2018 speakers

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It’s the moment that we’ve all been wait­ing for since last year’s TEDxSalem rev­o­lu­tion. 

We have nine new speak­ers for 2018, plus a few sur­prise ones you will be hear­ing about soon. 

“Every­one is going to step through the look­ing glass and expe­ri­ence some­thing new,” said co-cura­tor Car­lee Wright about this year’s line up. 

TEDxSalem is proud to intro­duce the class of TEDxSalem V.

Cayla Skillin-Brauchle

Cay­la  Skillin-Brauch­le believes art has the capac­i­ty to allow us to envi­sion and prac­tice life mean­ing­ful­ly.  She exhibits draw­ings, instal­la­tions and per­formance art inter­nation­al­ly and lives and works in Salem, where she is Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor of Art at Willamette Uni­ver­si­ty. She joins TEDxSalem as our third Artist-in-Res­i­dence.

Evelin Dacker

Dr. Evelin Dack­er has been prac­tic­ing med­i­cine in Salem since 1996. Her inter­ests are in women’s health, holis­tic and inte­gra­tive med­i­cine and sex­u­al health. In 2005, she opened up Salem’s first holis­tic med­i­cine clin­ic, VIDA Inte­gra­tive Med­i­cine. When not prac­tic­ing med­i­cine, Evelin enjoys being in nature, trav­el, dance and spend­ing time with her fam­i­ly and friends.

 

Jackson Rayne

A head­lin­ing illu­sion­ist, TV per­son­al­i­ty, and world record hold­er, Jack­son Rayne walks through walls, defies death, and lives life to its fullest. His magic and world record escapes have been fea­tured on nation­al tele­vi­sion in sev­er­al coun­tries around the world. With his engag­ing charm, high-ener­gy mag­i­cal per­for­mances, and obses­sion for push­ing the bound­aries, Jack­son inspires and con­nects with his audi­ence in unfor­get­table ways.

Kaydee Kreitlow

Kaydee Kre­it­low grew up in a geo­des­ic dome in Beaver­ton, Ore­gon. From there she moved to NYC to study archi­tec­ture, trav­eled, and dab­bled in con­struc­tion. She works as an archi­tect in Salem and spends most of her time try­ing to wear out her ener­getic dog. Kaydee’s talk will delve into Urban Sanc­tu­ar­ies and how to find sanc­tu­ary in the built envi­ron­ment.

Laura Mack

Lau­ra Mack  is an artist, edu­ca­tor, and art edu­ca­tion advo­cate that lives inSalem, Ore­gon with her hus­band and two boys. She makes mixed media col­lages and draw­ings, teach­es art and cre­ativ­i­ty at Chemeke­ta Com­mu­ni­ty Col­lege, and coor­di­nates the vol­un­teer-dri­ven Art Lit­er­a­cy pro­gram at Salem Heights Ele­men­tary School. Her TED talk is about get­ting cre­ative with the val­ue of art edu­ca­tion.

Marie Greene

Marie Greene is a knitwear design­er, writer, knit­ting instruc­tor and inter­na­tion­al speak­er with empha­sis on fiber arts and slow fash­ion. She has spent her life embrac­ing time-hon­ored process­es and mak­ing them more acces­si­ble with today’s tech­nol­o­gy. Marie is the leader of the Salem, Ore­gon chap­ter for Ris­ing Tide Soci­ety, a com­mu­ni­ty for cre­ative entre­pre­neurs, and is the own­er of Olive Knits, knitwear design.

Rose Barker

As a Cer­ti­fied Risk Man­age­ment Con­sul­tant, Rose Bark­er is an expert on iden­ti­ty theft. She is a Salem, Ore­gon native and avid­ly sup­ports fos­ter­ing local com­mu­ni­ty, but also loves serv­ing the inter­na­tion­al com­mu­ni­ty. She has spent sev­er­al years in Latin Amer­i­ca on more than 20 inter­na­tion­al trips. When not help­ing busi­ness­es and employ­ees, you can find Rose gar­den­ing, cycling, swim­ming across the Willamette Riv­er, vol­un­teer­ing, and play­ing with her adorable dog, Foxy.

Seth Tichenor

Seth Tichenor is a teacher, schol­ar, pub­lic lec­tur­er, and cham­pi­on for the trans­for­ma­tive pow­er of philo­soph­i­cal dis­course and reflec­tion. He has been teach­ing phi­los­o­phy and lead­ing philo­soph­i­cal dis­cus­sion groups at col­leges and uni­ver­si­ties as well as to the gen­er­al pub­lic for over 20 years. In 2009, with his part­ner Gad Perez, Seth estab­lished “Philoso­far­i­an – a guer­ril­la phi­los­o­phy project” as a way of bring­ing philo­soph­i­cal inquiry, reflec­tion, and dis­course to every­one in their com­mu­ni­ty and beyond.

Stay tuned to hear more about our speak­ers and the hand­ful of mys­tery ones who will join the list.

Save the Date: TEDxSalem V is an all-day event fea­tur­ing talks, per­for­mances, refresh­ments, lunch and a swag bag that takes place Sat­ur­day, Jan. 6, 2018, at the Salem Con­ven­tion Cen­ter. Ear­ly bird tick­ets go on sale Sept. 1. Fol­low us on Face­book for the most up-to-date news from our com­mu­ni­ty, and check our web­site reg­u­lar­ly for new infor­ma­tion. You can also reach us at info@tedxsalem.us.